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. 2019 Sep 4;317(5):R733–R745. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00153.2019

Table 1.

Body and organ weights in Pparafl/fl and PparaHepKO mice

Parameter Pparafl/fl NFD Pparafl/fl HFD PparaHepKO NFD PparaHepKO HFD Diet P value Genotype P value Interaction P value
n 16 13 6 8
BW, g 34.9 ± 1.4 55.2 ± 1.5 37.1 ± 1.5 51.1 ± 1.1 0.0115* 0.3629 0.6625
BL, cm 9.9 ± 0.09 10.5 ± 0.08 9.9 ± 0.13 10.5 ± 0.04 <0.0001* 0.3389 0.6402
HW, mg 159.3 ± 5.2 172.2 ± 10.8 176.2 ± 9.5 171.6 ± 4.3 0.4659 0.1258 0.6675
HW:BW, mg/g 4.6 ± 0.19 3.1 ± 0.15 4.7 ± 0.37 3.3 ± 0.08 <0.0001* 0.3215 0.8271
HW:BL, mg/cm 16.1 ± 0.55 16.5 ± 1 17.7 ± 1.1 16.2 ± 0.4 0.5029 0.4054 0.2561
LW, mg 1.3 ± 0.4 2.5 ± 0.25 1.3 ± 0.12 3 ± 0.4 <0.0001* 0.2465 0.2833
LW/BW, mg/g 0.038 ± 0.001 0.044 ± 0.003 0.035 ± 0.002 0.058 ± 0.002 0.0005* 0.1249 0.0353*
LW/BL, mg/cm 0.13 ± 0.004 0.23 ± 0.04 0.13 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.03 <0.0001* 0.1045 0.1139
Epidydmal FW, g 0.91 ± 0.13 1.8 ± 0.13 1.2 ± 0.2 1.57 ± 0.13 0.0167* 0.4358 0.6399
Visceral FW g 0.75 ± 0.1 2.9 ± 0.08 0.87 ± 0.16 2.8 ± 0.14 <0.0001* 0.3189 0.5906
Total fat, g 1.66 ± 0.24 4.77 ± 0.17 2.03 ± 0.37 4.37 ± 0.21 <0.0001* 0.3345 0.9053

Values are means ± SE: n = no. of mice. Pparafl/fl, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPARα) wild-type mice; PparaHepKO, knockout mice; NFD, normal fat diet; HFD, high-fat diet; BW, body weight; BL, body length; HW, heart weight; LW, liver weight; FW, fat weight.

*

P < 0.05.